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<\/p>\nTrump Promises to \u2018Totally Accept\u2019 the Election Results\u2013If He Wins: WATCH<\/b><\/p>\n
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Donald Trump on Thursday said he would “totally accept” the results of the 2016 presidential election–but only if he wins.<\/p>\n
Trump told a crowd of supporters, “I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the United States that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election–if I win.”<\/p>\n
\nTrump: I’ll “accept the results of this great and historic presidential election if I win.” t.co\/63MIBIUMp0<\/a> t.co\/Qaak5Vvhmc<\/a><\/p>\n
— ABC News (@ABC) October 20, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Trump’s remarks came on the heels of his comments in Wednesday night’s debate in which he refused to say whether he would accept the outcome of the presidential election as legitimate.<\/p>\n
Said Trump to moderator Chris Wallace, “I will look at it at the time…I will keep you in suspense.”<\/p>\n
As NBC’s Hallie Jackson reports,<\/a> Trump has a history of backing off claims that a contest is rigged if (and seemingly only if) he wins that contest:<\/p>\n
At a May 2016 rally in Charleston, WV, shortly after he secured enough delegates to become the presumptive Republican nominee, Trump mused on his past claims of a “rigged system” within the GOP primary.<\/p>\n
“Now I don’t say it anymore because I won,” Trump said. “Ok. It’s true. You know now I don’t care. I don’t care.”<\/p>\n
Trump also bizarrely claimed on Thursday that Clinton was able to see Wallace’s questions prior to the debate, yet has offered not evidence to support this claim.<\/p>\n
\nWhy didn’t Hillary Clinton announce that she was inappropriately given the debate questions – she secretly used them! Crooked Hillary.<\/p>\n
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
CNBC reports: <\/a><\/p>\n
During that third and final presidential debate, moderator Chris Wallace made clear that he had not shared his questions ahead of time.<\/p>\n
“For the record, I decided the topics and the questions in each topic. None of those questions has been shared with a commission or the two candidates,” the Fox News anchor said, according to a transcript of the event.<\/p>\n
Clinton’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
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